Pattern-controlled punch-selecting perforating-machine.



G. H. DAVIS/6; O. T. BOWMAN. PATTERN CONTROLLED PUNCH SELEUTING PEBFORATING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.'10, 1906.

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PATTERN CONTROLLED PUNCH SELECTING PERIOBATING MACHINE.

I G. H. DAVIS & G. T. BOWMAN. PATTERN CONTROLLED PUNGH SELECTING PERPOBATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10 1906.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE uowLE'r'r DAVIS, OF WEST ORANGE, N W JERSEY, AND CHARLES 'r. BOWMAN, F

SCHEN ECTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS' TO STANDARD MUSIC ROLL COMPANY, A CORPO- RATION OF JERSEY.

PATTEnN-con'moLnEn PUNCH-SELECTING PERFOBATING-HACHINE.

the United States, residing at West Orange,

in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, and Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of New York, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pattern-Controlled Punch-Selecting Perforating-Machines, of which the following is a specification. V

' The present invention relates to what is known in the art as pattern controlled unch selecting perforating machines, such, 'orinstance, as are designed or employed for punching note perforations in str ps or webs of paper for use in connection with self-playing musical instruments.

The improvements sought to be protected 7 relate more particularly to the punch selecting mechan sm or reader designed to control the locking. or setting of the appropriate punch .or punches to produce an exact copy -of the pattern. The said reader or punch Selecting mechanism is shown inthe resent instance as associated with a well lrnown form of perforating mechanism, such, for instance, as shown in the prior patent 'tolreo. Howlett Davis, 659,053, October 2, 1900, but it will be understood that the said reader or selecting mechanism may be associated with other forms of perforating mech anism of the punch selecting .t L

The prime object sought to l fd obtained bythe present invention is to insure a true and accurate copy of the pattern, not only with respect to the long note perforations, but more especially as to 'very' short or single perforations representing the Shortest notes. In prior constructions great difliculty has been encountered in-reproducing truly and accurately the composition of the pattern which is due to a skipping or missing of the small perforations in the pattern occasioned by an irregular or out of phase feed of the pattern, relatively to the feed of the paper to be perforated. In other words, in

perforating machines ofthepattern con trolled punch selecting type, the paper to be punched and the pattern areusually caused to travel in synchronism ste byste .It sometimes happens that during the ceding of the pattern sheet over. the readers or Specification of Letters Patent. Application illo'd December 10, 190's. man No. 341,231.

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feeding movement of the pattern causes the latter to jump a particular reader element or reader elements without giving said element or ele- .ments an opportunity to perform the required work and this is especially true with respect to very short -perforationsin the pattern. Obviously this results in an infaccurate reproduction of the pattern and ofttimes rendersthe perforated sheet or sheets fatally defective.

The prime purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above noted objections and this is accomplished by roviding means whereby a relative longitu inal adjustment may be given between the reader elements and the pattern or pattern feeding means so as to insure a positive and accurate operation of the readers with res ect to any and all of the perforations in t e pattern, irrespective of the size thereof, the said relative adjustment between the parts referred to, in the present instance, being manually controlled although it is not desired to limit the invention to a manually controlled means; neither is it desired. to limit the invention to electrically controlled selectors or readers for obviously forms of mechanism.

The invention has in view other more or less important features of construction as appear in the detailed description to follow.

v In the annexed drawings showing one embodiment of the invention. Figure 1. represents in perspective view aperforating machine of the well known Davis type heretofore referred to showing the actuating means for imparting a step by step feed movement to the pattern. Fig. 2 is a detailed end view partly in section and partly in side elevation of twoof therelaymagnets. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewof the perforating machine and its operative connections with the pattern operating and controlling mechanism, a portion only of-the latter of which is shown. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the pattern controlling mechanism and readers or selectors, Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of several of the reader elements or selector fingers and their circuitconnections; Fig. 7 is a diagramclutch element 9.

matic view of the circuitsleading from the reader or note selecting elements to the punch selecting magnets. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed sectional view of the reader elements or punch selectors.

As before stated the present invention is shown associated with the well known Davis type of perforating machine fully shown and described in the prior patent referred to, and it is not. deemed necessary, therefore, to enter into a detailed description of this part of the machine. For the sake of clearness, however, some of the main parts of the machine will be described in a general Way.

Referring to Fig. 1, the reference numeral 1 designates the bed of the machine having two standards 2, rising from opposite sides thereof in each of which reciprocates a slide block 3. These slide'blocks are reciprocated by means of pitmen arms 4 each connected at its lower 'end to one of the slide blocks 3 and at its upper end to an eccentric 5 secured to a driving shaft 6 that is journaled 1n bearlngs in the standards 2. The shaft 6 is rotated from any suitable source of power through the medium of a pulley 7 fixed on said shaft.

A clutch sleeve 8 slidable on said shaft is arranged to engage when desired, the clutch element 9 on the pulley 7 to stop and start the machine. The clutch sleeve 8 is shifted laterally into and out of engagement with the clutch element 9 by means of a lever 10 pivoted at 11, and having a rod connection 12 at its free end Witha treadle 13. A spring 14 attached at one end to said lever and at its other end to the bed late of the machine is employed to normal y hold the clutch sleeve 8 out .of engagement with. the The slide blocks 3 loosely carry a plurality of punches 15 the lower ends of which pass through a perforated die block 16 below which is mounted a die plate 17.

A space is left between the die block and the die plate through which passes the sheets or webs to be perforated, it being understood that in machines ofthis type a number of sheets or webs are perforated at a single operation. The punches. 15 are locked for operati'on by means of looking dogs 18 pivoted at 19 to a transverse bar 20 carried by the slide blocks. The punch locking dogs 18 are drawn into position to lock the punches 15 by means of rod connections 21 with the armatures 22 of electro-magnets 23 all as more clearlyshown in Fig. 7, the said magnets being of the current saving type shown in the aforesaid Davis patent and arranged in circuit with relays 24 which magnets and relays are designed to save current and reduce sparking at the readers or punch selectin fingers.

%n th e operation of the machine as the pattern sheet passes between the reader elements, presently to be described, the said elements find their way through the, perforations in the pattern and complete the electric circuit through the punch selecting magnets 23 causing an attraction of the armatures 22 and through the rod connections 21 move the -punch selecting dogs in position to lock the punches 15 in position to cause them to ass through the paper to be perforated, wiiich paper is represented by the reference numeral 25.

' Having briefly described the perforating machine the reader mechanism and its advantages will now be set forth.

The reference numeral 26 designates a base plate having fixed thereto a air of guide-ways 27 between which is slida ly and adjustably mounted the reader frame or support comprising a transverse bar or rail 28 having a base plate 29 guided between the uide-ways 27 and having depending there-' from a lug 30 provided with a screw-threaded aperture in which works a screw 31. This screw 31 has fixed to one end thereof, a beveled gear 32 meshing with a beveled pinion 33 the latter being fixed to a shaft 34 having at its free end a manually operable knurled head 35.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that an operation of the shaft 34 through fin er engagement of the operator with the knur ed nut 35 will cause a rotation of the threaded shaft 31 which will result in a movement of the reader rail 28 either forward or backward, depending u on the direction of movement given the sha t 34, the purpose of which will be presently explained in detail. The u per end of the rail 28 is channeled as more c early shown in Fig. 5 and in the said channeled portion is arranged a tracker bar 36 carrying a vertically adjustable contact member 37, said member being mounted in a channel 38in the tracker bar and made adjustable by two set screws 39 as more clearly shown in Fig. 8. Pivotally connected to oposite ends of the rail 28 is a pair of arms 40 having attached thereto, at their free ends, a transverse bar 41 carryin a rail of insulating material 42 through whic passes a plurality of selector fingers or readers 43 the free end of each one of which projects rearwardly and enters the notched or bifurcated end 44 of a contact plate 45 to which the circuit wires 46, Fig. 7, leading to the several electro-magnets 23 connect. These plates 45, of which there is one for each selector finger are attached to a stri of insulated material 47 carried by an ang e rail 48, said rail being attached to the bar 41 as more clearly shown in Fig. 5. The separate circuit wires 46 leading from the plates 45 form a cable 49seated between the walls of the angle rail 48 as more clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

By the construction described it will be seen that a readily detachable connection is provided between the selector lingers 43 and the plates 45 with which the circuit wires 40 connect so that in caseany of said fingers be-v come broken or deranged a new finger can be easily substituted. The bar or rail 41; to'

' which the selector fin ers 43 are connected through the medium 9 the rail of insulating material 42 is pi-vot'edly connected between the arms 4 O,said pivotal connection being member 37 with a yielding pressure.

i 54 should contain a metallic particle.

By referring to Fig; .8 it ,will be seen that the contact member 37 is vertically adjustable in the. channel 38 of the tracker bar36 so that the upper face thereof may be ad'- 7 justedrelative to'the upper face 53' of the said trackerbar 36 'so as to leave an air gap or space between the selector fingers and the said contact member 37 in orderto prevent false circuit which would-occur if the pattern Risingfrom the bed plate 26 are two pairs of standards 55 and 5.6 the latter of .which is provided with end bearings 57 to receive a delivery spool '58 carrying the ,pattern54,

the said standards also carrying a guide roller 59 over which the pattern passes on its way to the readers or selector fingers. Journaled inthe standards at the lower end of the base plate 26 is a take-up roll 60 to which the free end of the pattern 54 isattached and also journaled in said standards is a pairof feed rolls 61, 62 having inter-g meshing gears 64 and between which the pattern passes on its way to the take-up roll 60. A friction roll 65 journaled in the standards 55 is disposed adjacent to the feed roll 62. On the outerend of the shaft carrying the feed roll 62 is a ratchet wheel 66 to Which a step-by-step rotary feed is imparted through the medium of a pawl 67 attached to a rockerarm 68 to the lower end of which is connected a reciprocatoryrod 69, said rod being connected to an arm 70 attached to a rock shaft 71 journaled in a forked bracket 72, secured to the bed plate 1 of theperforating machine. The rock shaft 71' is further providedwith an upstanding arm 73 that is positionedto'be engaged by a cam 74 mounted on the outer end of the driving shaft 6 of the perforating machine, said cam 74 being provided with a groove 75 with which the upstanding arm 73 alines. The rocker arm 68 is normally drawn forward-by means of a spring 76 attached to abracket 77'secu1'ed'tothe base plate 26 and movement in the opposite direction is effected by means of the cam 74 through the operative connections already described; A- back lash pawl 78 pivoted to one of the standards 55 is normally in engagement with the ratchet wheel '66 to prevent-backitreadle 13 and its operative connections;

From the construction described will be seen that a rotation of the main shaft 6 of the perforating machine causes through the connections described, a step-by-step feed movement to be imparted to thefeed rolls 6162 causing the pattern to be drawn in a ste by-step manner between the members of tions appear between them to comp etc the circuits through the magnets 23 and set the punch dogs and punches for operation.

As before pointed out it sometimes occurs, during the step-by-step movement of the pattern sheet, that when very short perforations appear in the pattern, a skipping tirely through and across the two members of the reader elements without giving these elements an opportunity to enter the perforation and accomplish their work. To obviate this difficulty and to insure an accurate entry of the selector finger or fingers into the punch opening or openings in the attern, no; matter how small, the means erein described have been employed to cause a relative longitudinal adjustment between the readers and the traveling sheet or web so that during the chine, if the operator w o is in attendance should discover that any one or more of the perforations in the pattern stopped too close to the end of a selector finger or fingers to cause said operator to believe that the next step movement would carry the perforation .entirely across and through the reader elements he would simply, by a proper manipu lationof the knurled nut 35 and its connectionsv with the screw, 31, cause the rail 28 and with it the entire reader mechanism to be movedjfo'rwardor backward in the line of feed of the pattern so as to bring the selector finger 43 in proper position to insure their entry into the perforations. It will be understood, of course, that only a very slight movement will be required. to effect the required adjustment, as the step feed is a short one. This adjustment of the reader mechanism in the embodiment of the invention shown herein is controlled manually by the operator, and may be accomplished while the machine is in ope'ratiomor the the punch selectors or readers causing the latter, as the ')erfora operation of the mamachine may first be stopped by shifting v the clutch elements 8 and 9 through the By the means described or any equivalent means, wherein there may be had a relative longitudinaladjustment between the sheet or web or its carrying mechanismand. the r'ead-. ers, it will be apparent that. one or the other &

that a true and accurate copy of the pattern as to all perforations may be had. It is also possible with the construction shown, to feed the pattern forward, one or more step movements, independent of the movement of the sheets being punched, whereby any inaccuracies occurring in the pattern may be corrected. This result is accomplished manu ally by the operator, who first stops the operation of the punching mechanism by depressing the foot treadle to shift the clutch member 8, out of contact with the member 9, and then manually operates the rod 69, or one of the arms 73 or 75 on the rock shaft 71, to rotate the ratchet wheel 66, and with it the pattern feed rolls 61, 62, to feed the pattern sheetforward one or more steps as desired. Inasmuch as .there is no direct connection between the pattern feeding-means and the power shaft of the unching machine, it is apparent that the rate et wheel 66, may be rotated at will independently of the said power shaft.

What we claim and desire to secure by Let.- Lers Patent is 2- 1. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader adapted to cooperate with a pattern to control the operation of the perforating mechanism, and means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern.

2. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader, a pattern sheet support, and means for effecting a rela tive longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet support.

3. In a pattern controlled punch selecting erforating machine, and in combination, pcrorating mechanism, a reader, a pattern sheet, feeding means and means independent of the feeding means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet feeding means.

4. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader adapted to cooperate with a pattern sheet to control the operation of the erforating mechanism, and manually operab e means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet.

5. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader, a pattern sheet holder, and manually operable means for eff ecting a relative longitudinal adj ustment between the reader and pattern sheet support.

6. In a' pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perorating mechanism, a reader com rising two cooperating elements, between w ich a pattern sheet is adapted to pass, and means for effecting a relative longltudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet.

7. In a pattern controlled punch selecting erforating machine, and in combination, perorating mechanism, a reader comprising two cooperating electric contact members, between which a pattern sheet is adapted to pass, and means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet. a

8. In a pattern controlled punch selecting erforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader adapted to cooperate with a pattern sheet, and means for adjusting the reader longitudinal relatively to the pattern sheet. 7

9. In a pattern controlled punch selecting erforating machine, and in combination, perorating mechanism, a reader ada ted to cooperate with a pattern sheet, an manually o erable means for adjusting the reader longitudinal relatively to the pattern sheet.

10. In a pattern controlled punch selecting erforating machine, and in combination, perorat-ing mechanism, a reader adapted to cooperate with a pattern sheet and'means for adjusting the reader in the line of movement of the attern sheet. 11. n a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader ada ted to cooperate with a pattern sheet, an manually operable means for adjusting the reader in the line of movement of the attern sheet.

12. In a pattern controller punch selecting erforating machine, and in combination, perorating mechanism, a reader adapted to cooperate with a pattern sheet, means for imparting a step-by-step movement to the pattern sheet, and means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet.

13. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, a perforating mechanism, a reader, adapted to cooperate with a pattern sheet to control the operation of the perforating mechanism, means operated, by the perforating mechanism for imparting a step-by-step feed movement to the pattern sheet, and means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet without affecting the initial feed of the latter.

14. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, a perforating mechanism, a reader, adapted to cooperate with a pattern sheet to control the operation of the perforating mechanism, means operated by the perforating mechanism for imparting a feed movement to the pattern sheet, and means independent of the feeding means for. effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet.

15. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, a perforating mechanism, a reader, a cooperating pattern, means operated by the punching mechanism forimparting a'step-by-ste feed movement to the pattern and manual operable means for effecting a relative a justment-between the reader and pattern.

16. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, aperforatmg mechanism, a reader comprismgtwo. cooperating members, between which a. patternsheet 1s,

arran ed topass, feeding means for the pat-.

- tern s eet operatively connected to the permaster sheet.

forating mechanism, and means independent of the feeding means for effecting a relative longitudinal adjustment between the reader and pattern sheet. a

17. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, a perforating mechan-- ism, a reader, adapted tocooperate with a pattern sheet, means operativelyconnected to a moving part of the perforatlng mechanism for feeding the pattern sheet, and manually operable means for adjusting the reader longitudinally relatively to the pattern sheet.

18. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, per? forating mechanism, a reader, a supporting member therefor, means for feeding a pattern sheet in cooperative relation with said reader, and means for effecting a longitudinal adjustment of the supporting member relative to the pattern sheet.

19. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, perforating mechanism,

I a reader, a support therefor, meansfor feeding a pattern sheet in cooperative relation with the reader, and means for, adjusting the reader in the line of movement of the sheet.

20. In a pattern controlledpunch selecting perforating machine,,perforating mechanism,

a reader, a slidable support therefor, means for feeding a pattern sheet, and manually operable means for adjusting the support and. reader in the lineof movement of the pattern sheet. I

21. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, perforating mechanism, a reader, a slidable support therefor, -uide ways for said support, means for fee ing a pattern sheet in cooperative relation with said readerand means for adjusting the support and reader back and forth in said guideways and in the direction of'travel of the pattern. 1

22. In a pattern controlledpunch selecting perforating machine, perforatlng mechanism,

a reader, a supporting member therefor, a delivery and a take-up'roll for a master sheet I arranged respectively on opposite sides of said support member, and means for adjusting said supporting member longitudinally relativelyv to the line of movement of the pattern 1 In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a. reader adapted to cooperate with a traveling master, a supportingpnember for the reader, an adjusting screw avmg a threaded engagement with said supporting member, and means for ro-.

tatmg said screw to eflect an adjustment 7 of the reader in the line of travel of the master.

perforating machine, perforating mechanism, a reader-adapted to cooperate with a traveling master, asupporting member for the reader, an adjusting screw having a threaded connection with a part of the supporting member, manually operable means foroperating said screw and a delivery'and a take-up roll for the master arranged respectivel upon opposite sides of thesupporting mem er.

2 5. Ina pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination,

two cooperating contact members, a support therefor, an adjusting screw in threaded engagement with a part of said supporting member, a rotatable shaft having a gear connection with the screw, and means for feeding a pattern sheetbetween the two members of the reader.

26. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination,

two cooperating electric contactv members,a supporting element there-for, a screw having a threaded connectionwith a part of said su orting member, a rotary shaft geared to sai screw, adelivery and a take-up roll located respectively upon opposite sides of the supporting member, a pair of feed rolls for a 'patternsheet, and means for imparting a ste -by-step feed movement to said feed ro s.

adapted to cooperate with a traveling pattern sheet, means operatively connected with the erforating mechanism for imparting a ste y-step feed movement to the pattern, sai means comprising a rock shaft having projecting arms, a cam cooperating with one of 24. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating mechanism, a reader comprising- 27. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating mechanism, a reader comprising the perforating mechanism, of a reader 2o selector fingers, a contact member common said arms and a connection between the other arm and one of the feed rolls.

29. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, and in combination, perforating mechanism, a reader comprising a contact bar and a plurality of cooperating selector-fingers, a separate contact member ceive a free end 0 each'selector finger and prevent lateral displacement thereof.

31. A reader for electrically controlled perforating machines comprising a plurality of to all of said fingers and a separate contact plate for each finger, said contact plates each having an 'open seat in its eiid to receive a free end of a cooperating finger.

32. A reader for electrically controlled perforating machines comprising a plurality of selector fingers, a contact member common to all of said members, a supporting rail of insulating material for the fingers, a plurality of contact plates each having a recessed end to receive a free end of one of the fingers,

and means for supporting the contact plates.

33. A reader for electrically controlled perforating machines comprising a pair of supporting rails ofinsulating material, a plurality of selector fingers carried by one of said rails, a plurality of contact plates carried by the other rail, each plate having a recess to receive an end of one of the fin ers and a contact member common to all of t e selector. fingers.

34. A reader for electrically controlled perforating machines comprising a plurality of selector fingers, a contact bar common to all of said fingers, a supporting rail for said bar having a face over which a pattern is adapted to travel and means for adjusting the bar relatively to the said face of the supporting rail.

35. A reader for electrically controlled perforating machines comprising a plurality of selector fingers, a channeled supporting rail having a face over which a pattern may travel, a contact member common to all the selector fingers located in said channel, and means for adjusting the contact member vertically toward and from the upperface of said rail whereby to provide an air space between the ends of the selector fingers and the contact member.

36. A ,reader of the class described comprising a plurality of selector fingers, a channeled supporting rail over the upper face of which a pattern ma travel, a contact member common to all the selector fingers seated in said channel, and means for ad usting the contact member relative to the said upper face of thesupporting rail whereby to establish a free space between the contact member and the ends of the selector fingers.

37. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, a perforating mechanism, a reader, adapted to cooperate with a pattern, and means operated by the punching mechanism for feeding the pattern, said means being manually operable independent of the operation of the perforatin machine.

38. In a pattern controlled punc selecting perforating-machine, a perforating mechanism, a reader, adapted to cooperate with a pattern, means for feeding the pattern, and means for stopping the operation of the perforatin mechanism, said pattern feeding means eing manually operable irrespective of the operation of the perforating mechanism.

39. In a patterncontrolled punch selecting perforating machine, a perforating mechanism, a reader, adapted to cooperate with a pattern, a manually operable pattern feeding means, and means on a movable part of the perforating mechanism for operating the pat tern feeding means, said manually operable means being operable irrespective of the operation of the perforating mechanism.

40. In a pattern controlled punch selecting perforating machine, perforating mechanism, a reader, adapted to cooperate with a pattern, a manually operable pattern feeding means, and a cam on the main shaft of the perforating mechanism for operating the said pattern feeding means, said manually operable means being operable irrespective of the operation of the perforating mechanism.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

G. HOWLETT DAVIS. CHARLES T. BOWMAN.

Witnesses E. A. VOLOKMANN, J. WARREN SMITH. 

